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March 22nd, 2019: Your Weekend Forecast

Friday A chance of rain before 8am, then a chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. West wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. Breezy, with a west wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Sunrise: 6:56am

Sunset: 7:10pm

But once the wind sends it packing we should be able to enjoy some springy weather for the weekend:

With spring getting off to a clear start, we’re recommending our bright and breezy Bel Air Sour this weekend. The tart, tropical edge of our dry-hopped sour ale is perfect for the warmer days, and the bright pink and teal of the label will keep things going through the increasingly shorter nights. Keep a sharp eye on your shelves, and you might even be lucky enough to find some of the first six packs of Bel Air Sour cans in New York City. Good luck!

Welcome back to life on the good side of the vernal equinox.

Yesterday, the following video went semi-viral:

#bikenyc has a new hero. This lady should be applauded by all for standing up against these ignorant tailgating dullards who use their cars as weapons to bully and intimidate cyclists. https://t.co/BTmA1kxgOe

Though, happily, it appears that the 90th Precinct has finally turned their ticketing upon drivers in the chronically blocked Grand Street, at last fleetingly:

I would like to send a sincere and heartfelt THANK YOU to @NYPD90Pct for ticketing drivers parked in the Grand St #bikenyc lane today. Sorry that the offending drivers gave you a hard time, but trust me, the number of us thankful for the enforcement far out weigh them.

One of the group’s major goals is to revive a plan to lay bike lane from Bay Ridge through Southern Brooklyn to Queens along parts of the Bay Ridge Parkway, Avenue P, and Flatlands Avenue — a scheme the city considered back in 2011, before abandoning it after getting pushback from locals and pols, including Mayor DeBlasio, who then served as the city’s public advocate.

“I commend the city for responding to community concerns by halting its plans,” DeBlasio said at the time. “This was an important step forward that shows a willingness to respect the input of residents and community leaders.”

City transit chiefs understand the need for such a cross-borough bike lane, according to a Department of Transportation spokesman, who claimed the agency is working on new plans for that infrastructure.

Say what you will about de Blasio, but he's always been the consummate motorist.

Fortunately, things are looking better going forward:

The group’s efforts will only be amplified by state Sen. Andrew Gounardes’s (D–Bay Ridge) recently formed pedestrian-safety task force — whose ranks include Bike South Brooklyn member Brian Hedden — according to Hetteix, who noted an upcoming meeting of the task force and officials including Gounardes, Councilman Justin Brannan (D–Bay Ridge), Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus (D–Coney Island), and Transportation Department Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, will be an important step toward making the desired new bike lanes a reality.

Until you can ride a bike to and from Staten Island without putting it on a boat or going through Jersey then we can't really call ourselves a bikeable city.